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Top 20 Bieber bad-boy moments

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIEBER: We can only imagine what the next 20 years will bring for Justin Bieber. Photo: Associated Press

The Beebs – Canada’s latest gift to us – will celebrate his 20th birthday on Saturday, March 1. He has had his share of headline-grabbing incidents lately, but he’s been making news since he hit the scene at 15. In honor of his birthday, enjoy our top 20 Bieber bad-boy moments. We call it…

Bieber’s 20 for 20

20. Bieber shows up late to his concert
The star has reportedly shown up late to a string of concerts – from the U.K. to Iowa – often held on the school nights of his young fans, irking concertgoers and outraging parents.

19. Bieber accused of fathering woman’s child
In November 2011 the ‘Baby” hitmaker was accused of making a baby himself. Because, who wouldn’t want to procreate with a guy who has a face like that? Although his name was later cleared, it was the beginning of a string of bad news.

17. Bieber’s pal gets busted at his house with drugs
A rapper friend of the Beebs – named Lil Za – gets busted for drug possession after the police search his house in an alleged egging case (see No. 4). Bieber has not been charged with anything in the case, so far.

16. Bieber sticks fan’s iPhone down his pants
An admiring fan threw her iPhone on stage, presumably to get Bieber’s photo or phone number, but she ended up getting something very different. The pop star stuck the phone down his pants and walked around on stage with it there before tossing it back into the crowd in the opposite direction. Bye bye iPhone.

15. Bieber sends the Internet into an uproar with ‘retirement’ tweet
Justin tweeted a mysterious message to his 49-million Twitter followers on Christmas Day that hinted at his retirement. The message sent his fans into a tailspin. The pop star later corrected, saying he was talking about taking time off – not calling it quits.

14. Bieber’s bodyguard allegedly assaults a guy in an IHOP restroom
Sure it wasn’t Justin himself, but when a member of your entourage is accused of fighting in the restroom of an International House of Pancakes, it’s not a good look. Another bodyguard was arrested this month for allegedly stealing a photographer’s camera.

12. Bieber sparks a petition to get him sent back to Canada
Following a series of negative headlines, a lot of Americans want to send the Beebs packing. So many, in fact, that the White House is involved.

10. Bieber buys a monkey – and then it gets confiscated
I mean, if you had the kind of money this kid does, wouldn’t you do the same thing? Word is the Beebs still owes thousands in bills related to the capuchin monkey’s care, after it was confiscated by German authorities.

8. Justin makes his bodyguards carry him up the Great Wall of China
While in China for his Believe tour, the crooner was caught on camera skateboarding and taking in the historical sites – on the backs of his bodyguard. Photos on Twitter showed the then 19-year-old Bieber being carried up the Great Wall of China by his handlers.

7. Bieber stomps on the Argentina flag during a concert in Argentina
Bieber angered fans in Argentina when he stepped on the country’s flag. It was a bad week for Bieber: it was the same week that he got hit by a water bottle that had been thrown at him during a performance.

5. Justin drops more than your annual salary at a strip club
In January, Bieber spent the night at a Miami strip club and allegedly left behind $75,000 – more cash than many Americans earn in an entire year.

3. The Beebs fancies himself an artist
The heart-throb left his mark on the QT Hotel in the Gold Coast, Australia. QT Hotel in the Gold Coast said it gave Bieber permission to spray graffiti on its wall. However, not everyone felt the same way and Bieber was placed under investigation by authorities in Australia.

1. Bieber is charged with assaulting a limousine driver
Bieber followed up his January arrest with more criminal charges, this time in his native Canada. He is accused of assaulting a limo driver late last year.